Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

home is where you hang your hat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: home- is where y-ou hang y-our hat
IPA

49

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Rather than feeling nostalgic or sentimental, one should simply accept any place where one happens to reside as one's home.

Example Sentences

"One place is like the other let's say Home is where you hang your hat."
""Did I ever think that Jamaica would be my home? Never," he says, "but I have been living as a foreigner in someone else's country for most of my life," he says, "and I guess it is true that home is where you hang your hat.""

Questions

What does home is where you hang your hat mean?: Rather than feeling nostalgic or sentimental, one should simply accept any place where one happens to reside as one's home.

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